Perseverance Quotes

Every great achievement required someone who refused to quit. These quotes tell that story.

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"To persevere is not to remain unchanged."
Descartes, René
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"Virtue is harder to be got than knowledge of the world; and, if lost in a young man, is seldom recovered."
Locke, John
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"Excessive grief for long unavailing, is a self-indulgence inconsistent with duty."
Locke, John
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"The bridge to success is paved with persistent effort."
Al-Ghazali
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"Perseverance is the victory of will over circumstance."
Al-Ghazali
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"Perseverance is not the absence of doubt, but the continuance despite it."
Avicenna
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"Persist through difficulty, for mountains are moved one stone at a time."
Maimonides
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"Perseverance is the victory of the will over circumstances."
Maimonides
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"Perfection belongs only to God; man can only strive toward it."
Leibniz, Gottfried
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"Adversity tests the strength of character and reveals true virtue."
Leibniz, Gottfried
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"The striving to persevere in one's being is the first and only foundation of virtue."
Spinoza, Baruch
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"The more we endeavor to live according to reason, the more we endeavor to persevere in our being."
Spinoza, Baruch
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"The greatest achievement is the conquest of oneself."
Descartes, René
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"The will to persevere is the foundation of all achievement."
Descartes, René
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"The soul purifies through hardship and trial."
Al-Ghazali
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"The greatest struggle is the struggle against one's own self."
Al-Ghazali
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"The perseverant person fails less often than the quitter."
Al-Ghazali
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"To persevere is to transform impossibility into possibility."
Avicenna
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"Perseverance in the face of failure is the hallmark of true character."
Locke, John
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"Perseverance transforms the impossible into the inevitable."
Locke, John
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"Sloth and inability have often been the cause of inconstancy and wavering."
Hume, David
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"Virtue is a habit acquired by practice."
Averroes
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"Perseverance is the path to all achievement."
Averroes
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"He who waits for perfect conditions will never begin."
Maimonides
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"The soul grows through struggle; ease produces stagnation."
Maimonides
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"We strive to persevere in our being."
Spinoza, Baruch
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"Virtue consists of the effort to preserve oneself."
Spinoza, Baruch
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"Perseverance is the discipline of the great souls."
Descartes, René
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"The persevering man reaches the summit while the doubtful man remains at the base."
Avicenna
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"The soul that does not strive for improvement stagnates in darkness."
Al-Ghazali